Archive for month: August, 2023

World Athletics (WA) has included the reigning World 100m hurdles champion, Tobi Amusan, in its official list of athletes billed to compete at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest. Recall that on Tuesday, August 8, the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) released a list of 26 athletes, who...

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The immediate past Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has reportedly withdrawn his interest in being part of President Bola Tinubu’s cabinet. According to Premium Times, presidency sources said Mr El-Rufai told President Tinubu at a meeting on Tuesday that he was no longer interested in becoming a minister...

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The British Council has said Nigerians will now pay the sum of N107,500 to sit for the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) examinations. While the previous fee was around N90,000, Nigerians will from September 2023 pay the new amount, according to the British Council, organisers of the assessment...

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The South-East Governors Forum has reportedly said that the embattled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, cannot be linked to the vi%lent crimes and det£riorating insecurity in the region. Speaking at a meeting in Enugu on Thursday, August 10, the governors insisted that crim#nal elements,...

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A young nurse, identified as Omoniyi Boluwatife, has been found d£ad with her womb r#pped off in Ibadan, Oyo State. It was gathered that she was found d£ad on Wednesday, August 9, just two days after she was inducted into the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria. According to...

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Three students of Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University have been arrested by the police in Niger State over their alleged involvement in c¥ltism. The command’s spokesperson, Wasiu Abiodun, in a statement on Wednesday, August 9, said the suspects were arrested following credible intelligence. He identified the suspects as: Tanko Augustine...

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Actress Deby Oscar has raised an alarm as her sister’s alleged ab¥sive ex-husband, Chizoba Onyekachi Ibeneme, is set to walk down the aisle for the third time. It was gathered that the Anambra State born and UK-based social worker will tie the knot with his fiancé on Friday, August...

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The acting Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Folashodun Shonubi, says that the nation’s inflation rate is better compared to most African nations. Speaking at an event in Lagos on Tuesday, August 8, Shonubi said that there were several factors contributing to the global inflation rise. Shonubi,...

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The Presiding Pastor of the House On The Rock Church, Uche Aigbe, has been charged with unlawful po§§ession of an AK-47 rifl£. This comes as a Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday, August 10, ruled that the Clegyman has a cr#minal case to answer for carrying the...

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Kamsiyochukwu Umeh, a student of Deeper Life High School, who got the highest score of 360 in the 2023 UTME, has bagged 8 A1 and a B2 in the West African Examination Council, WAEC. The 16-year-old scored A1 in English Language, Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology, Further Mathematics, Economics, Civic Education,...

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